Sweden has officially recognized a new religion called "Kopimism" (pronounced copy-me-ism). Kopimism was founded in 2010 by philosophy student Isak Gerson. The entire thrust of the religion is that copying and pasting is a fundamental right of all mankind. Gerson had petitioned to get he and his 3,000 or so flock legal status in Sweden twice before to no avail. But now that he has finally gotten the green light by the Swedes he is working to make file sharing a protected religious practice. So when you illegally download that movie you don't feel like paying a dollar for at a Red Box you can simply chalk it up to praying. Or when you pirate that song that you've been hearing on the radio you can do it with a clear conscience as it is your religion. The religious symbols of this farcical religion are "Ctrl-C" and "Ctrl-V". Obviously this is an exclusivist religion as "Command-C" and "Command-V" are not religious symbols. I therefore declare the Kopimi Church to be bigots against Mac Users like myself.
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